listerine treatment?

[buford]

this is more of a curiosity question then anything else, but i just HAD to ask.

i know that "api life var" contains the same three active ingredients as listerine, but has anybody actually TRIED listerine as a treatment?

what would make one more effective then the other?

[Michael Bush]

Listerine acutally has several active ingredients but Thymol is the most distinctive, and probably the most effective one. It also has eucalyptus and a few other things.

The amount of thymol in Listerine is very small. You can buy Thymol crystals and put them in a tray in a hive and they are, by all accounts I've heard, effective, but that's pure 100% thymol.

The FGMO with thymol is back to a small amount, but that is fogged into the hive so every bit of the hive gets touched by it. I doubt the Listerine has enough thymol to be effective against mites.

[buford]

i guess i was curious because i've seen all three (eucalypol, menthol, and thymol) all used as treatments for mites, and it's all diluted in alcohol (which is one of the ways dr. r recomended diluting thymol).

i just wonder if it would work and how much someone would have to use. sounds like "api life var" is just a SUPER listerine!

[Branman]

this is off the top of my head, but I think listerine is .06% thymol and apilife var is like 75% thymol